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In role-playing games, what do experience points most commonly let players do?

experience

[ik-speer-ee-uhns] / ΙͺkˈspΙͺΙ™r i Ι™ns /




Usage

What is another way to say experience?

The verb experience implies being affected by what one meets with: to experience a change of heart, bitter disappointment. Undergo usually refers to the bearing or enduring of something hard, difficult, disagreeable, or dangerous: to undergo severe hardships, an operation.


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Zacharia was later advised by lawyers that she could provide legal analysis based on her law degree and international transaction experience, the person said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

"It's been a surreal experience to be the focus of such widespread outrage after just one mention by a celebrity."

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

All had continued to experience symptoms despite at least three months of conventional care, including physical therapy, anti-inflammatory medications, and injections into the knee.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Public and private investors are also getting more wary about new AI data center developers with little experience completing projects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Asamando is a magical plane, meant to give the deceased a vibrant, exciting experience after their deaths.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

For all its advances, Apple’s new Siri still lags behind rivals, leaving a potential opening for companies that deliver advanced AI experiences on their own devices that Apple can’t match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

New research from Binghamton University suggests that these healthy routines are connected to a mental skill called psychological flexibility, which helps people adapt to challenges and recover from stressful experiences.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Explaining his experiences of learning to stand up to bullies while growing up, he added: "It shouldn't define you. I just happen to have CP."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

And Meta is looking to put its newest models to work behind the popular assistant, as Muse Wonder will soon power experiences in the Muse agent.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

“I’d wake up at night, bathed in cold sweat, reliving over and over again my experiences in the camps,” said Karl.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

This is the part where we acknowledge what experienced pubcrawlers know: Guinness is its own deal, widely beloved, but not for everyone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Apart from this difference, all 12 animals experienced the same living conditions and exercise routines.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

I believe it helps enormously to know that this was a shared, collective trauma, and that many millions of people around the world also went through what you experienced.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

A report into maternity services in Wales this year found families who had experienced loss or serious injury were further traumatised by "defensive responses" and inconsistent processes, which limit the capacity to learn and improve.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Pilots and navigators, many of them already experienced flight instructors, were all sure that the famous Marina Raskova might be able to influence the highest levels of government in a way that they could not.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

A recent Gallup poll shed light on what you are experiencing, and the results did not bode well for a generation of renters who would like to get their foot on the property ladder.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Palm Springs Art Museum executive director and chief curator Christine Vendredi said experiencing the work in person offers something its documentation cannot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

New State is far from alone in experiencing partner departures and economic pressures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The medic said that, month-on-month, almost 2,000 patients were experiencing delayed discharge across the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

He was a white kid from North Carolina who seemed to share my confusion about what we were experiencing during law school.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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